Saint James Church

The community around Saint James Church

It takes 5.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 have no one they feel they can count on, and about a third of the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 33.9% (21.0–46.7%)
• Obesity: 42.8%
• Social Isolation: 39.2%
• Poverty Rate: 23.8% (17.3–30.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.5%
• Child Poverty: 27.0% (13.1–41.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint James Church

• Coleman Chapel — 1.5 mi away
• Gethsemane Church — 1.7 mi away
• Wabbaseka Church — 2.5 mi away
• Sunrise Church — 3.6 mi away in Sherrill, AR
• Sherill United Methodist — 3.7 mi away in Sherrill, AR
• Oak Grove Church — 3.8 mi away
• Central Church — 3.8 mi away
• Corinth Church — 3.9 mi away in Sherrill, AR
• Jerusalem Church — 4 mi away
• New Hope Church — 4.6 mi away in Sherrill, AR